Madam Nancy
Gan was found
dead in her swimming
pool yesterday morning.
The socialite was known
for her porcelain art.

"Guess what happened to me?" she wrote. "I had a fall. It could have been worse. I really thank my lucky stars (it wasn't)."

Her injury - a hairline fracture of the wrist - meant she had to wear an arm sling.

Worried, the friend who wanted to be known only as Ms Yan, called Madam Gan immediately.

"She told me she was very lucky. She had dislocated her wrist but was grateful the injury wasn't that bad," Ms Yan recalled. "That's how Nancy is, always so unassuming and down-to-earth."

But last Wednesday, something worse happened.

Madam Gan, a widow, was found dead in the swimming pool of her Bukit Timah bungalow. She is believed to have died from head injuries.

The police have arrested a 23-year-old Indonesian maid for murder. She was arrested in the house along Victoria Park Road. The New Paper understands that a member of the public had alerted the police on Wednesday morning.

Police have classified the case as murder. The maid was charged last Thursday.

Passers-by would have been able to catch glimpses of the octagon-shaped pool, which is beside the main building, through the fence.

Ms Yan called TNP after she heard about what happened to Madam Gan. They have known each other for five years after meeting at a high-society event.

Socialite found dead by the side of a swimming pool in upscale bungalow

A 23-year-old Indonesian domestic worker has been arrested in connection with the death of the woman, whose body was found floating in the swimming pool of her home in Victoria Park Road on Wednesday morning

The 69-year-old victim is believed to be the employer of the maid. The police were alerted to the case at 8.46am and the victim was later pronounced dead at 9.07am by paramedics who responded to the incident.